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| Checks done at birth
The Apgar score This is a check which the midwife does at one minute and then five minutes after your baby is born. It is usually done simply by the midwife looking at your baby and assessing his skin colour, his breathing, his heart rate, his movements and his crying. You may not even notice that the midwife is doing this, but you may notice the score written down as a figure out of 10. So it may say something like 7/10 and 10/10 meaning that he scored 7/10 at birth and 10/10 at five minutes. If the birth score is very low, or the five minute score is lower than about 5 or 6, a paediatrician will usually be called to check the baby over. General assessment
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